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In the name of GOD

In the name of GOD. Zeinab Mokhtari. 06-July-2011. Introduction. DNA at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes  repeat of G (TTAGGG) n planar G-tetrads G-quad inhibition of telomerase (anticancer drug target).

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In the name of GOD

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  1. In the name of GOD Zeinab Mokhtari 06-July-2011

  2. Introduction • DNA at the end of eukaryotic chromosomes • repeat of G (TTAGGG)n • planar G-tetrads • G-quad • inhibition of telomerase (anticancer drug target) Telomerase, an enzyme that can elongate this strand, is not activated in normal human somatic cells, but highly expressed in 80–85% cancer cells and helps to maintain the length of telomeres in these cells.

  3. Introduction Stabilized by cations such as Na+ or K+

  4. NMR study of human telomeric G-quadruplexes Na+ solution guanines around each tetrad syn, syn, anti, anti loops are successively edgewise–diagonal–edgewise each G-tract has both a parallel and an antiparallel adjacent strands. K+ crystal all strands are parallel, guanines are anti and loops are double-chain-reversal K+ is much more abundant than Na+ in cellular environments. K+ solution ???

  5. K+ solution ??? A mixture of several G-quadruplex forms in K+ solution One anti, syn, syn, synand two syn, anti, anti, anti G-tetrads; One double-chain-reversal loop formed by the first TTA linker and two other edgewise loops; Three G-tracts oriented in one direction and the fourth in the opposite direction. A new intramolecular human telomeric Gquadruplex in K+ solution

  6. Possibly, some terminal residues could favor or disfavor a particular form by interacting with the loops. d[TTAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] d[TTAGGG(TTAGGG)3] d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3] Figure 1. Examples of imino proton spectra of human telomeric sequences in K+ solution showing recognizable spectral patterns of two different G-quadruplex forms .

  7. Different G-quadruplexes d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3] Figure 2. Imino proton spectra of human telomeric sequences in K+ solution,

  8. Determination of G-quadruplex folding topology d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] Guanine imino protons were unambiguously assigned by the site-specific low-enrichment approach using 2% 15N-labeled samples. • Figure 3. Imino proton spectra and assignments of the 25-nt human telomeric sequence in K+ solution. • Guanine imino proton spectra with assignments over the reference spectrum (ref). • Imino proton spectra after 1 h in D2O at 25C. proton exchange data: imino protons of the central G-tetrad are the most protected from exchange with water.

  9. Determination of G-quadruplex topology for the 25-nt human telomeric d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] sequence in K+ solution (a) NOESY spectrum (mixing time, 200 ms). Imino-H8 cross peaks that identify three G-tetrads (colored green, red and blue) are framed and labeled with the number of imino protons in the first position and that of H8 in the second position. (c) Characteristic guanine imino-H8 NOE connectivity patterns around a GaGbGgGd tetrad as indicated with arrows (connectivity between Gd and Ga implied).

  10. Determination of G-quadruplex topology for the 25-nt human telomeric d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3TT] sequence in K+ solution (b) NOESY spectrum (mixing time, 100 ms). Rectangular H8-H10 patterns for 50-syn-anti-30 steps are highlighted by black lines. Downfield-shifted peaks for A(H8-H10) are framed in a red box. Some peaks of G3 and G15 in (a) and (b) are broadened at 25C, probably reflecting a motion at the top of the structure. (e) Schematic structure of Form 2 human telomeric G-quadruplex. anti and syn guanines are colored cyan and magenta, respectively.

  11. Form 2 differs from Form 1 by loop arrangements: the double-chain-reversal loop is formed by the third linker instead of the first linker. d[TAGGG(TTAGGG) 3TT] d[TAGGG(TTAGGG)3] Figure 6. Schematic structures of possible intramolecular human telomeric (3+1) G-quadruplexes.

  12. Conclusion Specific NOEs between imino and H8 protons, established the fold (Form 2) of this G-quadruplex, involving three G-tetrads: G3G21G15G11, G4G10G16G22 and G5G9G17G23. The third linker T18-T19-A20 forms a double-chain-reversal loop, while the two other linkers T6-T7-A8 and T12-T13-A14 form edgewise loops. The G-tetrad core is of (3+1)-type, three G-tracts are oriented in one direction and the fourth in the opposite direction. The glycosidic conformations of the top G-tetrad are anti, syn, syn, syn, those of the two others are syn, anti, anti, anti, consistent with H10-H8 NOE intensities observed for these residues.

  13. Thank You!

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